Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1887-07-15

hid eaton sat down In tho harroom.
1t .tc:nn- TO rain, about eight o'clock,
and for wllllo II poured down hard, and
1t was very dark outdoors.
tFNow, wnnteLto DO In Jackson
carly thoIext. morning. for expected a
load of goods sthcro for mo. which
inoint TO diSTosc OF on my way home.
Tho moon would riso about mill
night. and knew that II 1t did not rain
could got nlong very comfortably
through tho mud aftcr that. SO asked
tho landlord III lio would not SEQ that my
horse was fctl about midnight rs I
wished to 10 uff before two.
ami e, ssf sGf,s26rssscd ~ somo surprise Mt this
breakfast ItoId Him di1 h n1t stSp for
my last load about all out. nii,,,na i,ao SOU
new load of & otls wat waiting for mo
atJackson. ind wall ed to bu here for
them bcfore the eaprcss agent loft In the
morni &.
There were number OF people about
whileI told this. but Istook IittIs notice
of III M. one nun only urres ing my at
alton.
= had In my possession small pnck-
age OF placards which was to deliver
to the sheriff ut Jnolison, and they were
notices for the detection OF notorious
rohbcr named Dick Hard.ica,l.
"Thesc bills glve description OF his
person, End tho man beforo mo answered
! very wclllto 1t. In fact 1t wns perfect.
He Was atall. well formed nun, rather
slignt in frame. AMI hnd tho appearance
of u gontlcInnn, suyo that his fnce toro
thore hard cruel ma ks which nm obsery.
Ing n,nii cannot mistake fornnytIiinS but
tho index OF u villaiiiOus disI,tsi.iofi.
=; Wlei went upio my chainbcr !
asked tho landlord who tlint pinn was.
describing the suspicious Individual.
7'.3lic said ilc did hot know him. He
lad come there tiint afternoon, and iIl-
tended to leavc some time during tho
next day. ~ a serg ~
q. III, host asked me why l wished TO
know. and simply told him TINT tito
innii scounto .tiice wL5 familiar, unu I
wished u, know IL j had ever boon nc
quaintcd with him.
resolved not to lot tthelnndAofdint6'
tho secret. bul TO hurry on to Juck on,
ind there give information to the sheriff.
md perhaps ho might reach thoinn before
|, the ktilnin ! It; for hnd no doubts with
trcgard 10 his identity. ~ -
had an alarm watch, and having
set II tn give the alarm mt one o'clock. i
went 10 sleep. / wa; aroused at tho
l'lnoI'or time. md immediately got MP and
d.essed myself. Wnrn reached tho
yard found thu clouds uli tpns se,i uwny.
ami the moon wis shining brightly. The
hostler WIS tosily n.ou5cd, und by two
O'Clock l was OH thc roud. .l
Tho mu'l was deep and my hofsp
could hoL travel very inst, yet 10 struck
ihe hat tho bcist nude more work tInti'
there was any need uf, for the curt wus'
ncarly emily. my wliolcstOck consisting,
OF about half u dozeil tin pans and, a lot
/ OF loeso Ings.
Z" However, on NO went, and. In tho
course Of hulf an hour wis clear OF tho
village. and ut u short distances mhe.id
ICY large tract OF forest, mostly OF
great pines. The road led directly
through this wood, md. us near us +
gould rcineIuaer, tho distance wasS not
far from twcIva miles. Tho moon Was
ln the cist. aud as This roa run hyarly
wet l should have light enough. ,
had entered thu wood ana had gono.
perhaps, i,ilf ulillc. wIlen my wagon
wheel, settlci. Will u bump and u Jerk,
INTO u deepliolr. ] uttered an excIuil,a-
IioTct aslonlshmslit; but thatswas not
all. l hearJ another oSc.amat.ou. from
aiiothpr source,